{"product_id":"year-at-the-races-reflections-on-horses-humans-love-money-and-luck","title":"Year at the Races: Reflections on Horses, Humans, Love, Money, and Luck","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eYear at the Races: Reflections on Horses, Humans, Love, Money, and Luck\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJane Smiley\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781400033171\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eAnchor\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2005\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Acres \u003c\/i\u003ecomes an irresistibly smart, witty, and engaging chronicle of a novelist's lifelong obsession with horses. \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\"Exuberant...witty, completely delightful.... A kind of \u003ci\u003eNational Velvet \u003c\/i\u003efor adults.\" --\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Every horse story is a love story,\" writes Jane Smiley, who has loved horses for most of her life and owned and bred them for a good part of it. To love something is to observe it with more than usual attention, and that is precisely what Smiley does in this \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In particular she follows a sexy filly named Waterwheel and a grey named Wowie (he \"tells\" a horse communicator that he wants it changed from Hornblower) as they begin careers at the racetrack. Filled with humor and suspense, and with discourses on equine intelligence, affection, and character, \u003ci\u003eA Year at the Races\u003c\/i\u003e is a winner.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Anchor","offers":[{"title":"Year at the Races: Reflections on Horses, Humans, Love, Money, and Luck | Jane Smiley | Paperback | 9781400033171 | Used: Very Good | Sports Writing 1553812","offer_id":50576225403138,"sku":"1553812","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/61umpqUp0hL.jpg?v=1790910476","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/year-at-the-races-reflections-on-horses-humans-love-money-and-luck","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}